Mail-cab



Ue-k. '14 wm F. H. IBRAIDEN MAIL CARRIER "S BAG HOLDER Filed Aug. 253. 1923 patented filet. ttl,

UNlTE itlpplieeton filed August Ht?, 192W.

To all when?. t may concern.'

Be it known that lr., lli-:Ann llt-l. Binnen', Citizen oll the United tlitntes. residuiL et Rapid City, in the eotnltjyi oit Pennington, State el' South Dakota, hstve irwented eer-- `tztin new and nse'tul linprowrnents in itt .il- Ceirriersfeg` Holders; und lt do lerehy declare the following); to be a full. elefzr. end exert description ot the invention sueh es will eneble others skilled in the srt to which it ejl'nperteins to nntlte end use the seine.

This irwention relates to new end useful improvements in supporting end Carrying: devices, and particularly to deriees et this character which Aare espeeiell)7 adapted .for use in connection with the bags used by mail carriers.

One object of the invention is to prmde n novel und improved harness bj] Ine-.ins oit which the bee is supported on both et the shoulders of the person, end 'the n 'gli evenly distributed to both sl'iouldcn's.

Other object-s end advantages will be epperent 'from the tollowinol description when taken in eonneetion withvthe s eeonnnmyine drawing.

In the drawing:

The ligure is e. perspective View oli' u en riers until hay; equipped with the sup-- portino; harness, end showing the position of the perts when in use.

Referrine7 psrtienltnrlgt7 to the seeonnnnnfingr drawing, lOl represents the 'begr which has the usuel rings lll secured to its upper edge, and to which are eonneeted the ends of.' the sdjustztllle strep l2, end which strep is arranged to be passed over the shoulder of the carrier. A. suitable pad earrried by the intermediate portion oit the strep 112%, and receives the strep slidsblifv tlnxre through, seid psd being); shown et i3. .rtrrsnged to rest on the other' shoulder ot the carrier is u similar psd V14-v und to the opposite ends ot this psd :are ronmwted the straps 11.5, which have the smtp heele-3 t6 tot' engagement with the euxilin fr rines 1T. se cured to the well of the beef. nent Ate the Csrriers body. end adjacent the miposite sides of the beg. These letter rines l? nre secured to the bep; et points t suituble dista-nee belen7 the upper edge ot the heej. 'llhe straps l5l ere Connected to the ents oit the shoulder pad lllby Ineens et rings le., sud connected to these rings are the snep hooks er im litlllJlElit.

tserizl No. 659,234.9.

it?) Carried by the ends ot sn adjustable strep Q10.. which passes beneath the erin on which `the psd 11.11 rests. eeured tothe opposite ends et the shoulder psd 13 are the straps 2l. which are ztdjns-tabh7 conne/ted with the snep hooks 22. sind which hooks ere engaged with the rings 15%. The straps 2l pass across the chest and beek ot the carrier, und hold the shoulder pads lf3 end lil properhy spseed spurt. Ksind 'bennel adjustable. een be regulated to suit the size et the person ot the wearer.

.ily properly adjusting the straps le, und the stmps Q1., the weie'ht ot the beg een be brought to beer equslly on the two shoulders of the carrier. By reason ot the tent thstt the ped 13 is eonneeted to the urnier edge et the beg, sud the psd ltis efj nnected to the beg' et e level below that ot the nttmhnient, the pull of the straps l2 und lin will he equslized, and the Carrier perini :ed to stsnd erect without etlort, in spite ot the feet that the weiejht et the han' muy be grrest. ylhe strep El() prevents the bee; pulling; over towurd one side. lny this eonstruetnin the carrier does not need to shit't the han: from one shoulder to the other.

s in the esse olif' the ordinary Carrier device. where the entire weight of the bep; .is supported trono one shoulder.

rl`he two pads beine; Connected to ditterent parts of the befr. support the het); independently ot eseh other lillhnt elniined is:

llhe combination with e insl ezn'rieWs bnn* haring etteChinel ineens en the upper edge and etteehinp; ineens on one well et e distunee below the first ztttnehinev means. el pods tor engggsgenient across the shoulders oit e carrier, stre-ps Connecting` the ends ot one psd to the trst ztttnehingr ineens. sti-eps eonneetine the ends of the other psd with the other ntteehinn; ineens7 e. strep connected to the ends ot 'the second psd tor engage ment beneath the erin of the wearer.` end straps eonneetiuo; the ends ot the second psd with rorrespondine ends ot the tiret psd.

lln testimom whereof, l have inlined my signature, in the presence ot two witnesses.

FRANK lllltlltY hlt/UDEN.

lUltitnesses WVM/rien lrlollforntnn, Clins. ,lt-lenti?. 

